arcsine
/ˈɑːɹkˌsaɪn/noun
arcsine is spelled A-R-C-S-I-N-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arcsine means “Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the sine function. Symbol: arcsin, sin⁻¹” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arcsine is arcsines.
How many letters and syllables are in arcsine?
| Letters | 7: A-R-C-S-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is arcsine?
Arcsine appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce arcsine?
- /ˈɑːɹkˌsaɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with arcsine?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as arcsine.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: arsenic.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of arcsine
- arcsines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arcsine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the sine function. Symbol: arcsin, sin⁻¹
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate arcsine?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of arcsine: arcsin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arcsine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inverse of sine:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arc sinus |
| German | Arkussinus |
| Portuguese | arco seno |
| Spanish | arcseno |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arcsine come from?
From arc- + sine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).